Effective, Fervent Prayer
3:49 a.m.—the tone alert of an incoming text awoke Sharon*. It was a message no mother wants to receive. Her 15-year-old son Colton* had sent a video of himself, sitting forlorn on his bed. Animated writing in black font filled in atop his image, “WAS I a bad son?”...
Just Ask
I recall hearing it since I was a child: just ask. It came up recently, as I read Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 20. The mother of James and John, disciples of Jesus, asked that her sons be granted positions of authority in Jesus’ kingdom. At first, I hid my face in my...
You Grow Or You Go
Perhaps the greatest enemy to my recovery from alcoholism has been the persistent idea that I’ve somehow grown enough. I’m comfortable being sober, I no longer even think of alcohol, and many years have gone by since I was even tempted. But I am convinced that...